Peter Moskos is assistant professor of Law, Police Science, and Criminal Justice Administration at the City University of New York's John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He specializes in a sociological approach to police culture, police patrol and crime prevention, drug violence, community policing and terrorism, police/minority relations, and qualitative methods. He is a former Baltimore City police officer.

Moskos's first book, Cop in the Hood, is published by Princeton University Press. Read a sample from the book.